Current local time in USA – Illinois – Chicago. Get Chicago's weather and area codes, time zone and DST. Explore Chicago's sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset.

Historic, present and future dates for daylight saving time and clock changes. Time changes between years 2025 and 2029 in USA – Illinois – Chicago are shown here.

All counties and cities of the state have the same time zone, there are no exceptions. Illinois is observing daylight savings so there are two different clocks depending on the time of the year.

Exact time in Chicago time zone now. Official Chicago timezone and time change dates for year 2026.

Exact time now, time zone, time difference, sunrise/sunset time and key facts for Chicago, Illinois, United States.

U.S. Time Zone Map and Time Zone guide – live current time across all 11 U.S. time zones, including mainland and territories, with an interactive map and DST details.

The current time in Chicago, USA is 22:52:04 (UTC+05:00). Chicago is located in the America/Chicago time zone. The city is currently observing Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Chicago is in the Central Standard Time (CT). What is the difference between CST and CDT? These are the two seasonal versions of Central Standard Time: CST (UTC-6), which stands for " Central Standard Time," is used in winter. CDT (UTC-5), which stands for "Central Daylight Time," is used in summer. What is an IANA time zone identifier?

Current local time in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Get maps, travel information, Chicago Timezone and CST.

Chicago is in the America/Chicago time zone (UTC−06:00). Daylight saving time is currently in effect (CDT). Use this page to check the exact local time in Chicago, United States, with live seconds, sunrise and sunset times, and upcoming clock changes.